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Mr. Charles W. Berger, also known as Chuck, served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Extreme Networks Inc. from April 2013 to April 19, 2015. Mr. Berger served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at ParAccel, Inc. since September 8, 2010. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Tier Technologies Inc. from June 23, 2010 to August 24, 2010. Mr. Berger served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of DVDPlay Inc. from November 28, 2006 to ... June 2008. He has more than 30 years experience in high technology. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nuance Communications Inc., from March 2003 to September 2005. Prior to joining Nuance in March 2003, Mr. Berger served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Vicinity Inc. from December 2001 to 2002. Mr. Berger served as Managing Director of Volatilis LLC since it's founding in June 2001. Mr. Berger served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of AdForce Inc., from July 1997 to June 2001. From September 2005 to December 2005, Mr. Berger served in a transition role assisting with the integration of Former Nuance. Mr. Berger served as President of Digital Origin, Inc. from March 1993 to July 1997 and its Chairman of the Board from March 1994 to July 1997 and Chief Executive Officer from March 1993 to December 1997. Mr. Berger served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Operations and Support at Claris Corp. (now FileMaker Inc.) from 1992 to 1993. From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Berger held several positions at Sun Microsystems Inc., where he served as President of Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc. from 1991 to 1992, Vice President of Business Development from 1990 to 1991 and Vice President, Product Marketing from 1989 to 1990. From 1982 to 1989, Mr. Berger served at Apple Computer Inc., as Vice President and General Manager of Apple Integrated Systems from 1988 to 1989, Vice President of Marketing from 1986 to 1988, Vice President, Business Development from 1985 to 1986 and Treasurer from 1982 to 1985. He has also held Senior Executive positions at Rolm. He served as an Executive Chairman of DVDPlay Inc. since November 2005. He has been a Director of SonicWALL Inc. since December 14, 2004, Digital Origin, Inc. since March 1993 and Efficient Market Services Inc. since April 2000. He has been a Director of Official Payments Holdings, Inc. since January 2002.He serves as a Director of Percipient Inc., SearchForce, Inc. and UMAX Computer Corp. Mr. Berger served as a Director of AdForce Inc. since July 1997 and Nuance Communications Inc., from September 5, 2005 to May 6, 2008. He served as a Director of Splash Technology Holdings Inc. since January 1996. He served as a Director of Extreme Networks Inc. from April 2013 to April 19, 2015. He served on the boards of Directors of Splash Technology Inc. as well as the boards of the University of Santa Clara and the Kyle Foundation. He serves on the Board of Directors for the United States Naval Memorial and Tier Technologies and is a Trustee and member of the Investment Committee for Bucknell University. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bucknell University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Santa Clara.

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